In 1962, baseball player Richie Ashburn was in the final season of a hall-of-fame career.… Read the postWeek 508: “Green Arrow” by Yo La Tengo
A bit of a long post this week, but to compress this story any more… Read the postWeek 470: “Bitter Sweet Symphony” by The Verve
Traditionally, a pilgrim is someone who is on a journey to a holy place. But… Read the postWeek 452: “Pilgrim’s Hymn” by Stephen Paulus
At 38, a pro athlete is an ‘elder statesman,’ and a politician is a ‘young… Read the postWeek 374: “A Grand Love Theme” by Kid Loco
Since the day this blog started, I knew it would feature a Radiohead song. I… Read the postWeek 300: “Let Down” by Radiohead
In August of 1991, Hurricane Bob was born out of an area of low pressure… Read the postWeek 187: “Calico Skies” by Paul McCartney
At a fair a couple weeks ago, I saw a display of “hypnotism”, in which… Read the postWeek 173: “Rainbo Conversation” by Stereolab
When the unmanned Voyager space probe was flung into space in 1977, with the hopes… Read the postWeek 127: “Changeling” by DJ Shadow
One of the big criticisms of Nirvana was that they couldn’t play their instruments. But… Read the postWeek 74: “Walking After You” by Foo Fighters
If you were to shrink the year into one week, summer would be the weekend.… Read the postWeek 59: “Summertime” by Angelique Kidjo
There are two things that Canadian musician Ian Thornley is really good at: rocking out… Read the postWeek 17: “By The Way” by Big Wreck